LAST PAGE...P.8 th C TUESDAY JANUARY-2021 KASHMIR M 24 Y SRINAGAR TODAY : CLOUDY Contact 12 : -0194-2502327 K FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS & YOUR COPY OF Maximum : 07°c SUNSET Today 05:42 PM Minmum : -4°c SUNRISE Humidity : 72% Tommrow 07:37 AM 27 Jamadi-ul-Awwal | 1442 Hijri | Vol: 24 | Issue: 09 | Pages: 08 | Price: `3 www.kashmirobserver.net twitter.com / kashmirobserver facebook.com/kashmirobserver Postal Regn: L/159/KO/SK/2014-2016 News Digest Teen Injured In Army Rejects Police Charges Cross-LoC Firing Against Accused Captain Moderate Earthquake Press Trust Of India Jolts Kishtwar JAMMU: A 14-year-old boy was No System Of Cash Rewards For Acts In Jammu: A moderate intensity seriously injured on Monday as earthquake of magnitude 5.1 Indian and Pakistani troops traded Combat Situations: Col Kalia hit Jammu and Kashmir's heavy gunfire along the Line of Press Trust Of India award for the killing of militants. Kishtwar district on Monday, Control (LoC) in Poonch district of It is clarified that the Indian Army an official of the Meteorologi- Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. KO Pic, Abid Bhat KO SRINAGAR: The Army on Monday has no system of cash awards for cal Department said. Mohammad Jehangir was hit by denied that its captain, who is its personnel for any acts in com- A police official said there was splinters when a mortar shell ex- facing disciplinary proceedings bat situations or otherwise in the no immediate report of any ploded near his house in Shahpur for an alleged fake encounter in line of duty," it said. damage in the earthquake sector during intense shelling by Amshipora, was "driven" by a Rs The statement said the reports which caused panic among the Pakistan Army, the officials said. KO 20-lakh reward for killing mili- are "not based on facts of the pro- people who rushed out of their The injured boy is being shifted Photo Abid Bhat buildings. The tremors were felt tants, virtually contradicting the cesses internal to Indian Army". to hospital, the officials said. charge sheet filed by Jammu and Three youths, who were dubbed at 7.32 pm and lasted for a few The Shahpur sector witnessed seconds, the official said. The Kashmir in the case. as militants, were killed in a fake heavy mortar shelling by the Paki- earthquake had a depth of five A brief statement by Srinagar- encounter in July last year. kilometer and the epicentre was stan side twice during the day, based defence spokesperson Col The Special Investigation Team at latitude 33.34 degrees north prompting strong retaliation by Rajesh Kalia said there was no sys- constituted by the Jammu and and longitude 75.47 degrees east. the Indian Army, the officials said. tem of cash rewards for Army per- Kashmir police to probe the inci- Pakistan Army first targeted the sonnel for any acts in combat situa- dent stated in its charge sheet that Two OGWs Arrested In forward posts and villages in the tions or otherwise in the line of duty. "by staging the encounter" the ac- AN ELDERLY MAN walks through the compound of snow-covered Hazratbal shrine on Monday. sector at 11.30 am and P06 "There are media reports quot- cused Capt. Bhoopinder Singh and Pulwama: Police ing that Amshipora encounter ac- two other civilians --Tabash Nazir Srinagar: Government forces tions were driven by a Rs 20 lakh and Bilal Ahmed Lone PAGE 06 on Monday claimed to have ar- rested two overground workers Elderly Man Dies Of of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) Highway Closed For 5 from Pulwama district of Jammu Covid-19 In Jammu and Kashmir. Observer Monitoring Desk PDP Youth Leader "Police along with Army and CRPF arrested two militant SRINAGAR: An elderly man died of Para Arrested Again associates of proscribed outfit Days After Road Caves In coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir Jaish-e-Mohammad from Awan- Political Vendetta For Raising Voice Against on Monday, even as 113 fresh cases tipora area who are involved in Press Trust Of India of Covid-19, including 13 travellers Delhi's Onslaught: Mehbooba providing shelter, support and File Photo logistics," a police official said. were detected across the Union SRINAGAR: PDP youth wing He said the arrested persons BANIHAL: The 270-kilometre Gulmarg Coldest In Valley At Territory during the last 24 hours. president Waheed Para, who were also transporting arms and Jammu-Srinagar national high- An 85-year-old man from Sub- was granted bail by an NIA ammunition of the militants in way, the tenuous lifeline for the Minus 9.6 Degree Celsius hash Nagar area of Jammu died court Saturday, was arrested Awantipora and Tral areas of the Kashmir valley, was closed for at a hospital in the winter capital again on Monday by the Jammu district and passing sensitive traffic after a portion of the stra- Pic, Abid Bhat KO taking the fatality count to 1911, and Kashmir Police over a case information to the P06 tegic road caved in near Ramban officials said Monday. related to an alleged nexus The case was registered by the town, officials said on Monday, So far 1199 people died in the involving politicians and mili- Criminal Investigation (Kash- Bandipora Teacher adding the repair work would Valley while 712 have succumbed tants, officials said. mir) range which PAGE 06 take at least five days to restore to the virus in Jammu region. P06 Dies Of Cardiac Arrest the arterial route. Srinagar: A middle-aged private A portion of the road near Kela school teacher died of a cardiac Morh, about four km ahead of the arrest on Monday in Ajas area of Ramban district headquarters, SKIMS Bemina north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. sank after a concrete retaining No Avian Death In 50-year-old Mohammad Ramzan wall of the bridge collapsed, lead- SRINAGAR: There was some The minimum temperature Resumes Non-Covid Rather suffered a massive cardiac ing to the sinking of the road on respite for residents of Sri- in Gulmarg tourist resort set- Hokersar Wetland: Govt Services arrest at his residence Sheikh Mo- Sunday evening, the officials said. nagar from intense cold as tled at minus 9.6 degrees Cel- halla in Ajas area of the district on "The construction company minimum temperatures rose sius down from minus 7.2 de- SRINAGAR: No bird deaths have Panic In Uri After SRINAGAR: The Sher-e-Kashmir Monday morning. He was imme- concerned has started the restora- at most places in Kashmir on grees Celsius the night earlier. been reported from Hokersar Institute of Medical Sciences diately taken to the health centre tion work on the damaged portion Monday, officials said. Gulmarg was the coldest re- wetland -- Kashmir largest and (SKIMS) Medical College is all set Sumbal by his family. However, Birds Fall Dead of the road but it will take at least Srinagar city recorded a low corded place in the valley. the most prominent wetland -- s the threat of bird to resume non-COVID activities on reaching there, the doctors flu looms large over from January 12 while all depart- declared him brought dead. five days to complete the work," of minus 0.2 degrees Celsius Pahalgam recorded a low of even as a sustained surveillance Senior Superintendent of Police up from minus 2.6 degrees minus 4.6 degrees Celsius, up and monitoring campaign for bird AJammu and Kashmir, ments along with IPD services will (Traffic), National Highway, Jatin- Celsius the previous night, the from minus 5.9 degrees Celsius flu has been launched in the val- several crows and eagles be started from January 15. Man Stabbed To der Singh Jowhar said. officials said. a night earlier. PAGE 06 ley, officials said on Monday. were found dead in Uri area An order issued by the adminis- Death In Khanyar He said a 16-metre retaining wall A team of experts from the In- of Baramulla district from tration has stated that as a follow the last two days, reports up of de-notifying of SKIMS Medi- Srinagar: A man was killed while of a bridge collapsed, which led to trict administration along with jacent to an under-construction stitute of Animal Health and Bio- the sinking of a 15-metre road, ren- officials of the National Highways tunnel, to devise a strategy for an logical Products (IAH&BP), Zakura, said Monday. cal College as COVID designated another was injured in a scuffle According to locals, P06 in Khanyar area of Srinagar on dering the highway unsafe. Authority of India (NHAI) rushed early restoration of the highway, Animal Husbandry Department, hospital, the non-COVID activities Monday, reports said. The officers of the Ramban dis- to the spot, which is located ad- the only all-weather PAGE 06 Kashmir, in coordination with the of the hospital shall be initiated Some unknown persons attacked Wildlife Protection Department, flu (Avian Influenza) here, an of- w.e.f. 12/01/2021 and subsequent- the duo at Dastgeer Sahib shrine Kashmir, visited the wetland Mon- ficial spokesman said. ly all departments along with IPD Khanyar in Srinagar on Monday THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY CONCERNED HAS STARTED day to set in motion sustained sur- He said the team from IAH&BP services shall be started in full evening, news agency KNO the restoration work on the damaged portion of the road but it will take at least five veillance and monitoring for bird collected 21 samples in PAGE 06 w.e.f. 15/01/2021. reported. One among the duo "days to complete the work," The authorities in order P06 identified as Ziyaan Chisti of Rain- awari was stabbed to death while another person accompanying him identified as Faizan Fida Bhat Govt Cuts Down Valley’s of Ellahi Bagh area of Srinagar was injured, the report said.